Appearances
don't always reveal the truth. Grace Latimer knows this better than
most. Illusions of commitment and comfort have her trapped—until
bohemian adventurer Nick Heysham charms his way into her world.
Commissioned to recover a Great Exhibition architect's missing designs,
he persuades her to assist in his research. The mystery of the Crystal
Palace seduces Grace, and once she discovers clues about a forbidden
Victorian love affair, she's lured into the deep secrets of the
past…secrets that resemble her own.

As Grace and Nick dig into
the elusive architect's illicit, long-untold story, the ghosts of guilt
and forbidden passion slip free. And history is bound to repeat itself,
unless Grace finds the courage to break free and find a new definition
of love…"

My Two Cents:

"The Crystal Cage" is a historical fiction with a heavy mystery element to it. The story takes place both in the present and also during the Great Exhibition during the mid to late 1800s. In this book, Grace is a researcher who is called upon by Nick, a modern day adventurer, to help him solve a mystery about what may have happened to some famous (and missing) architectural designs. At first, Grace is not sure that she really wants to help but she goes along with it anyway and ends up discovering some very important things about herself.

It took me a little while to get into this book. At first, I wasn't really sure where story was going and Grace seemed to be sort of a hard character to get to know. In a lot of ways, she's very standoffish and we see that with the beginning of her relationship with Nick. Once the story really starts to get going we begin to see a different side of Grace which really helped endear her to me. I just takes a little while to get there so hang on!

I like the historical mystery in the book. To some degree, that part of the book was more interesting to me because I really enjoyed the historical characters and hearing of stories that happen to them. I really was drawn in by the mystery even though it takes a little while to set up. There's also a love story during the historical part of the book that I also really liked. Overall, I think this book will find favor with those who like his stork call romance and also historical mystery.

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